Journey

a poem by Sanal Kumar

Ants pick up the accidental fall
Of food from my hand,
It looks here and there
And consolidates that it must be
The manna dropped from heaven.
It prepares for a long journey
To reach its abode
Though for to me it may be few meters away,
It must be thousand meters away for him.
I watch as the joyful ants
First goes through a perfect plain,
Then it comes across a rugged plain,
It continues its journey.
And comes to a marsh like place
In few inches width,
It s journey blocked,
But it decides to take an another route,
And it reaches a hill,
It climbs nevertheless and then
Goes down a hill,
There it disappears from my view,
I know that it is not far way from its home so sweet
And will reach there safely,
After this not so tiresome journey,
As I rumble in my thoughts.